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the democratic brand under president obama has become spending. >> wait a minute. a lot of folks who voted even for walker are obama supporters and said they would vote for obama. >> yes, you'll notice obama didn't go into wisconsin. he didn't polarize this race around him. he wisely i think stayed away from it. the obama philosophy for re-election is we've lost the middle. union support, intensify our base. we'll get our base out with such intensity that it will compensate for losing the middle. that's what was tested in wisconsin. it didn't work. it augers some problems for the obama campaign. >> i think that's remarkably overstated, anderson. while i agree maybe message definitely counts, there are factors that also make a huge difference like who the candidates are, how that all plays, to say this is a big set back for the obama campaign is a little silly since you consider one out of every ten voters was somebody who voted for walker and president obama. i didn't see mitt romney spending a lot of time in the state either. the fact is this was about a pretty pa
the democratic brand under president obama has become spending. >> wait a minute. a lot of folks who voted even for walker are obama supporters and said they would vote for obama. >> yes, you'll notice obama didn't go into wisconsin. he didn't polarize this race around him. he wisely i think stayed away from it. the obama philosophy for re-election is we've lost the middle. union support, intensify our base. we'll get our base out with such intensity that it will compensate for...
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the barely recognizable obama." claims government spends too much on suburbs, not quote, our earlier neighborhood. here now with remarks on how response to hurricane katrina differed from hurricane andrew and for 9/11 attacks. >> down in new orleans where they have not rebuild a year later, there's money you can get from the government called the staff ford act. and basically it says when you get federal money, you have to give a 10% local match. the government has to come up with 10%. every $10 federal government comes up with, local government has to come up with a dollar. now here's the thing, when 9/11 happened in new york city, they waved the safford act saying we can't ask new york city to rebuild. they said, here's $10 and that was the right thing to do. when hurricane andrew struck in florida, people said, look at this devastation. we don't expect you to come up with your own money. here's the money to rebuild. we are not going to wait for you to scratch it together. because you're part of the american famil
the barely recognizable obama." claims government spends too much on suburbs, not quote, our earlier neighborhood. here now with remarks on how response to hurricane katrina differed from hurricane andrew and for 9/11 attacks. >> down in new orleans where they have not rebuild a year later, there's money you can get from the government called the staff ford act. and basically it says when you get federal money, you have to give a 10% local match. the government has to come up with...
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spends his time apologize for america, then he talked about beefing up military spending. almost five minutes later he began talking about economy. when reporters started asking about the contradiction, romney campaign manager simply repeated the talking point. he said the subject has been the economy, is the economy and will be the economy. mitt romney doesn't want to change the subject. he want tos change the economy. that's the message that eric wants us to get. here's governor romney today in ohio. >> when and if i become president of the united states, i will not take god out of my heart. i will not take god out of public square and i will not take it out of the platform in my party. >> his plan for the economy came last. once he did get there he did go into detail. his rhetorical road to the economy, which his campaign says comes first took the scening route through the pentagon and the bible belt, also, nascar country. mr. robertson made a campaign pit stop at the richmond international raceway signing autographs before the fed rated auto parts 400 saturday night. h
spends his time apologize for america, then he talked about beefing up military spending. almost five minutes later he began talking about economy. when reporters started asking about the contradiction, romney campaign manager simply repeated the talking point. he said the subject has been the economy, is the economy and will be the economy. mitt romney doesn't want to change the subject. he want tos change the economy. that's the message that eric wants us to get. here's governor romney today...
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how to reform debt, spending and reduce the debt. president obama keeps -- again, words are wind, making promises saying things and his actions go 180 degrees against it. hi entire presidency is about move ma nufing and protecting his brand not to follow through on reform. >> do you think the president is going to send out people to speak at thooe the super pac events and the like that that will make a huge difference in terms of fund-raising? >> i think it is remaining to be seen how big of an impact. for starters, it is president obama. i know you would appreciate when president bush was in the office. as for the practical results it will take time to see. in the next couple of days i don't think we will see a huge spike but the medium and long term we will see how much folks are really willing to get involved in progressive donors and folks in the community to decide this is an important part of making sure the president is re-elected. >> appreciate your time. let us know what you think we are on facebook, google+, i will be tweet
how to reform debt, spending and reduce the debt. president obama keeps -- again, words are wind, making promises saying things and his actions go 180 degrees against it. hi entire presidency is about move ma nufing and protecting his brand not to follow through on reform. >> do you think the president is going to send out people to speak at thooe the super pac events and the like that that will make a huge difference in terms of fund-raising? >> i think it is remaining to be seen...
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he'll spend election day tomorrow in chicago, playing basketball of other things as we just learned. it is the third state they visited today. we're waiting for president obama to take the stage any moment. we'll bring that to you live. as well as governor romney when he takes the stage at his rally tonight. >>> a million people in the region hit by sandy are still waiting for power. thousands have been displaced from their homes. the loss and damage sandy left in its wake is immense. tomorrow, secretary of homeland security janet in a poli napoli going to travel to nassau, suffolk county long island. they feel like they have not gotten the attention they need. in further, people will be allowed to vote by e-mail or fax. despite the scramble to make it easier to vote, an obvious question that remains, in areas hardest hit, can voters focus on the election. the first election lawsuits have already been filed in ohio over how provisional ballots will be counted and in florida over the deadline for early voting. we all remember what happened in florida in 2000, the lawyers are certainly
he'll spend election day tomorrow in chicago, playing basketball of other things as we just learned. it is the third state they visited today. we're waiting for president obama to take the stage any moment. we'll bring that to you live. as well as governor romney when he takes the stage at his rally tonight. >>> a million people in the region hit by sandy are still waiting for power. thousands have been displaced from their homes. the loss and damage sandy left in its wake is immense....
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federal spending just keeps skyrocketing. the economy under president obama is so weak. the percentage has come down because the economy is not doing well. the taxpayers are going broke. >> then stop giving the money away. >> that's the fundamental problem. there haven't been any tax cuts passed. i don't know why hilary is saying give it away. president obama is the one that extended the tax cuts. >> they haven't been passed. >> the government spends so much. we're all in deficits and debt and all going broke. >> hilary, very briefly. >> ari is fill bustering the discussion here. but the fact is mitt romney's plan is to increase tax cuts to give more money away. if republicans were worried about the federal budget, they would not do that. they would focus on pure spending cuts. but that's not their agenda. their agenda is to eliminate federal programs for the needy while they give friends a tax cut. >> it's called trying to achieve growth. >> appreciate it. let us know what you think. we're on facebook. follow me on twitter. i will be tweeting tonight. also the showdown
federal spending just keeps skyrocketing. the economy under president obama is so weak. the percentage has come down because the economy is not doing well. the taxpayers are going broke. >> then stop giving the money away. >> that's the fundamental problem. there haven't been any tax cuts passed. i don't know why hilary is saying give it away. president obama is the one that extended the tax cuts. >> they haven't been passed. >> the government spends so much. we're all...
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. >> paul, it's been reported that former president clinton has been urging the obama campaign to spend less time calling mitt romney a flip-flopper and more time as painting him as severely conservative. do you agree? do you agree with that strategy? >> well, i think in short, yes. not conservative. i don't think this election is going to turn on a left/right axis. i think there's peril for the democrats in focusing too much on the flip-flop because i think some of the independent moderate votesers that ari fleischer said might take some comfort in that. he said he'd outright ban contraception, and he'll flip-flop on that. i think the democrats ought to follow mitt romney's true north. from birth to today he's had a true north. he's a product of wealth and power and privilege who's amassed a ton of it and he's amassed a ton of it at the expense of the middle class. it's not left-right, but up and down. i would frame the whole election on who can better build an economy for the middle class? you know, thurston howell iii over there or a guy who was raised by a single mom and worked hand
. >> paul, it's been reported that former president clinton has been urging the obama campaign to spend less time calling mitt romney a flip-flopper and more time as painting him as severely conservative. do you agree? do you agree with that strategy? >> well, i think in short, yes. not conservative. i don't think this election is going to turn on a left/right axis. i think there's peril for the democrats in focusing too much on the flip-flop because i think some of the independent...
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the federal spending keeps skyrocketing and the economy under president obama is so weak. of course as a percentage it's come down. the economy is not doing well. government is going broke. the taxpayers are going broke. our children -- >> then stop giving money to rich people, ari. stop giving the money away then. >> there haven't been tax cuts passed. i don't know why hilary is saying give it away. president oba extended the tax rates for all americans not just one bracket. all americs. >> they haven't been passed -- >> we're all in deficits, we're all in debt. we're going broke. >> hilary, final note. >> ari is filibustering this. but mitt romney is going to increase the tax cuts to give more money away. if the republicans would worry about the federal budget they'd focus on pure spending cuts. they want to eliminate the federal programs for the needy while they give their friends a tax cuts. >> it's called trying to achieve growth which is something we haven't had for three years. >> i appreciate it. let us know what you think. we're on facebook, google plus. i'll be t
the federal spending keeps skyrocketing and the economy under president obama is so weak. of course as a percentage it's come down. the economy is not doing well. government is going broke. the taxpayers are going broke. our children -- >> then stop giving money to rich people, ari. stop giving the money away then. >> there haven't been tax cuts passed. i don't know why hilary is saying give it away. president oba extended the tax rates for all americans not just one bracket. all...
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then talked about president obama's policy spends his time on talking about the economy. when they asked what he was actually saying. the campaign manager certainly repeated the talking point. he said the subject has been the economy, is the economy and will be the economy. mitt romney doesn't want to change the subject. he wants to change the economy and that's what he's going to do as president. to be fair, fair enough. that's the message that they want us to get. but that's not all coming from the candidate on the campaign trail. here's governor romney today in ohio. >> when and if i become president of the united states, i will not take god out of my heart, i will not take god out of the public square, and i will not take it out of the platform of my party. >> well, the coin reference has gone away, but again his plan for the economy came last. once he got there, he went into detail, but his rhetorical road to the economy took the scenic route through the pentagon and especially the bible belt. and also nascar country. right after stumping with pat robertson, mitt rom
then talked about president obama's policy spends his time on talking about the economy. when they asked what he was actually saying. the campaign manager certainly repeated the talking point. he said the subject has been the economy, is the economy and will be the economy. mitt romney doesn't want to change the subject. he wants to change the economy and that's what he's going to do as president. to be fair, fair enough. that's the message that they want us to get. but that's not all coming...
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when you have candidates spending so much time on earmarks as opposed to talking about barack obama's record and putting him on trial through the debates, i think that's a negative for republicans. >> they really got into the weeds tonight. isn't that because, eric, because the reason we have the volatility, the reason we have had so many leaders, i won't use the term front runner, there is a trust issue. conservatives around the country saying who can we trust? >> absolutely. >> the earmark debate is part of the trust. >> here's the thing, i think the more -- the harder the time they have getting the conservatives to trust them, they have to play more and more to the conservative base, and that's fine for getting the nomination, but in terms of winning the election, you have to have far more than the conservative base, and they have driven so far over to the right in order to convince the conservatives, i think they're paying a price in terms of their positioning for the general election. >> mitt romney tonight, i believe, john, said arizona immigration law, is a model for the countr
when you have candidates spending so much time on earmarks as opposed to talking about barack obama's record and putting him on trial through the debates, i think that's a negative for republicans. >> they really got into the weeds tonight. isn't that because, eric, because the reason we have the volatility, the reason we have had so many leaders, i won't use the term front runner, there is a trust issue. conservatives around the country saying who can we trust? >> absolutely....
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in 2010, the republicans made the agenda and seized it from president obama and made it about spending and how they got the landslide. the question was which party can better cut spending. of course, they went for republicans. the president is winning the important battle of setting the message for 20s 12, a-- 2012 an will better fight for the middle class. >> it sounds like the republicans are fighting for the middle class. >>, of course, that's what they always say. you never hear them talk about the poor and those impoverished, especially the bottom 10 states. i hope he will actually say it and didn't say it this time last year and got criticism there. and income inequality is not about the president going to go up there tonight and say, the rich should pay more, also talking about, how do we give those folks who are out there, busting their butts, working hard, trying to get ahead and don't feel as if the government is doing anything for them. you hear the president talk about regulations, dodd-frank, that's what's getting in the way. the reason we're in this mess, because we didn'
in 2010, the republicans made the agenda and seized it from president obama and made it about spending and how they got the landslide. the question was which party can better cut spending. of course, they went for republicans. the president is winning the important battle of setting the message for 20s 12, a-- 2012 an will better fight for the middle class. >> it sounds like the republicans are fighting for the middle class. >>, of course, that's what they always say. you never hear...
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president obama is pitching it after spending the last few months arguing this. >> there is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to high gas prices. there is no silver bullet. >> what i also said about gas prices is that there is no silver bullet. >> no short-term silver bullet when is it comes to gas prices. >> there are no silver bullets, short-term, when it comes to gas prices. >> there is no silver bullet for avoid being spikes every year. >> there are no quick fixes or silver bullets. >> in fairness, president obama has not forgotten that line. he used a variation today. he is not promising his plan will fix everything. there are a lot of economists of all political stripes that don't think it can fix much of anything. as we have been reporting there is not much a president, or democrat or republican can do but it hasn't stopped any of them from trying to dodge the pain while prescribing unlikely cures. president obama talks about silver bullets and quick fixes. here is george w. bush using almost identical language. >> if there was a magic wand to wave, i would be waving it of
president obama is pitching it after spending the last few months arguing this. >> there is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to high gas prices. there is no silver bullet. >> what i also said about gas prices is that there is no silver bullet. >> no short-term silver bullet when is it comes to gas prices. >> there are no silver bullets, short-term, when it comes to gas prices. >> there is no silver bullet for avoid being spikes every year. >> there...
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president obama is pitching it after spending the last few months arguing this. >> there is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to high gas prices. there's no silver bullet. >> what i have also said about gas prices is that there is no silver bullet. >> there are no short-term silver bullets when it comes to gas prices. >> there are no silver bullets short-term when it comes to gas prices. >> there's no silver bullet for avoiding spikes in gas prices. >> there are no quick fixes or silver bullets. >> president obama has not forgotten that line. he's not promising his plan will fix everything. there are a lot of economists who don't think it can fix much of anything. as we've been reporting there's not much a president democrat or republican can do to change prices at the pump. it hasn't stopped any of them to try to dodge the political pain of high gas prices why trying to explain cures. here's george w. bush using almost identical language. >> you know, if there was a magic wand to wave, i'd be waving it, of course. it's -- you know, i strongly believe it's in our interest that we
president obama is pitching it after spending the last few months arguing this. >> there is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to high gas prices. there's no silver bullet. >> what i have also said about gas prices is that there is no silver bullet. >> there are no short-term silver bullets when it comes to gas prices. >> there are no silver bullets short-term when it comes to gas prices. >> there's no silver bullet for avoiding spikes in gas prices....
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it created net jobs, which barack obama has not yet been able to do. again, 4.7 is what he left with. president obama has got a very slow recovery that is not following the usual pattern. he's below average here. it's political malpractice to attack a guy that did a better job by the numbers than you did. >> are you saying obama created private sector jobs at present? are you saying that? are you saying he hasn't created private sector jobs? >> president obama has got a below average recovery -- >> but you said -- he has created more private sector jobs in three years than bush created in eight, will agree with thats won't you you? >> of course you will. you will agree that romney was 47th out of 50? and you will agree that romney -- exponentially increased the state's bonded debt. >> the state was in the toilet. 51st, he took it from 51st to 30. >> we can agree that obama's private sector job creation is better than bush. romney is 47th in job creation fks and he exponentially increased the bonded debtedness of the state. now we can move on from that
it created net jobs, which barack obama has not yet been able to do. again, 4.7 is what he left with. president obama has got a very slow recovery that is not following the usual pattern. he's below average here. it's political malpractice to attack a guy that did a better job by the numbers than you did. >> are you saying obama created private sector jobs at present? are you saying that? are you saying he hasn't created private sector jobs? >> president obama has got a below...
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michelle obama is with him in des moines, so is bruce springsteen. it is the third state they visited today. we're waiting for president obama to take the stage any moment. we'll bring that to you live. as well as governor romney when he takes the stage at his rally tonight. voter turnout could be affected by the states hit hardest by the storm sandy. one week ago tonight, sandy knocked out power in the northeast. about a million people in the region are still waiting for power. thousands have been displaced from their homes. probably tens of thousands. the loss and damage sandy left in its wake is immense. its affects still unfolding. tomorrow, secretary of homeland security janet napolitano is going to travel to nassau, suffolk county long island. they feel like they have not gotten the attention they need. in new jersey tomorrow, people will be allowed to vote by e-mail or fax. earlier today, the governor of new york, despite the scramble to make it easier to vote, an obvious question that remains, in areas hardest hit, can voters focus on the ele
michelle obama is with him in des moines, so is bruce springsteen. it is the third state they visited today. we're waiting for president obama to take the stage any moment. we'll bring that to you live. as well as governor romney when he takes the stage at his rally tonight. voter turnout could be affected by the states hit hardest by the storm sandy. one week ago tonight, sandy knocked out power in the northeast. about a million people in the region are still waiting for power. thousands have...
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there's a new and better way than obama's old thinking. and so far, i'm not hearing that message from a lot of republicans. >> eric, these latest polls in south carolina, there's been a big question mark about romney, his ability to compete in the south. there was a sense he could be vulnerable, especially in south carolina. he's got nearly twice the support of his closest competitor, an 18-point lead. is it possible the conservative core of the republican party is warming to romney? >> i don't know that they're necessarily warming. i think they're getting post traumatic stress disorder from the last campaign season of the last year. they're ready for this to be over. they're seeing the way this is headed. mitt romney could well be the nominee coming out of new hampshire strongly and going into south carolina. he has nikki haley's support. they'll make custer's last stand in south carolina. see if it turns out better for them than custer. if so, he has the momentum. it's not that they like him or are warming from them. it's that they're ti
there's a new and better way than obama's old thinking. and so far, i'm not hearing that message from a lot of republicans. >> eric, these latest polls in south carolina, there's been a big question mark about romney, his ability to compete in the south. there was a sense he could be vulnerable, especially in south carolina. he's got nearly twice the support of his closest competitor, an 18-point lead. is it possible the conservative core of the republican party is warming to romney?...
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it created net jobs which barack obama has not yet been able to do. so again, 4.7% is what he left with. president obama has got a very slow recovery that is not following the usual pattern. he's below average here. it's kind of political malpractice to attack a guy who did a better job by the numbers than you did. >> are you saying that obama created private sector jobs as president? are you saying he hasn't created private sector jobs? >> i'm saying that president obama has a below average recovery and he's not creating enough jobs. >> but he has created more private sector jobs in three years than bush created in eight. you'll agree with that. >> i'll agree with -- >> of course you will. and you will agree that rommy was 47th out of 50th. and you will agree that romney exponentially increased -- >> to be fair. he took it from 51st to 30th. we can agree. we can agree. >> let james finish. >> we can agree that obama's private sector job creation is better than bush. we can agree that romney was 47th in job creation at governor. and we can agree he in
it created net jobs which barack obama has not yet been able to do. so again, 4.7% is what he left with. president obama has got a very slow recovery that is not following the usual pattern. he's below average here. it's kind of political malpractice to attack a guy who did a better job by the numbers than you did. >> are you saying that obama created private sector jobs as president? are you saying he hasn't created private sector jobs? >> i'm saying that president obama has a...
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for obama, he seemed to think it's the solution. we're in so much debt, taxes doesn't go far enough, of course it's a spending problem. >> you have a great segm, keeping them honest. it's heart to hear mitch daniels talk about the deficit when he was on the board for president bush when their amount turned into the deficit. i also thought it was interesting when he talked about a pro-poverty plan if you will, from the president. that was striking there, the first time you heard poverty come out tonight. what is going to be interesting going forward, what is the next step? >> i think the president should take his message to some of the core, some of the red states in the country, some of the poor states in the country and begin to say, look, show me how their plans have turn out for you. so me how they have made your life better and are you going to have health care under their plans, better education under their plans. i don't know if he wants to go there, but i think he should. >> paul begala there, wasn't much talk about reducing
for obama, he seemed to think it's the solution. we're in so much debt, taxes doesn't go far enough, of course it's a spending problem. >> you have a great segm, keeping them honest. it's heart to hear mitch daniels talk about the deficit when he was on the board for president bush when their amount turned into the deficit. i also thought it was interesting when he talked about a pro-poverty plan if you will, from the president. that was striking there, the first time you heard poverty...
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it's not worth with heaven and earth and spending billions of dollars just to catch one person. it is worth fashioning and executing an effective policy to fight global jihad. and i have a plan for doing that. now, here's mitt romney in new hampshire. >> you would have given the order? >> even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> took president obama less than two hours to hit back this afternoon. >> i assume that people meant what they said when they said it. that's been at least my practice. i said that i would go after bin ladin if we had a clear shot at him. and i did. if there are others who have said one with thing and now suggest they'd do something else then i'd go ahead and let them explain. >> at which point the romney campaign fired off a statement, reading in part, it's unfortunate president obama would prefer to use what was a good day for all americans as a cheap political ploy. they went on to say, governor romney has always understood, we need a comprehensive plan to deal with the myriad of threats america faces. a short time later, the obama campaign res
it's not worth with heaven and earth and spending billions of dollars just to catch one person. it is worth fashioning and executing an effective policy to fight global jihad. and i have a plan for doing that. now, here's mitt romney in new hampshire. >> you would have given the order? >> even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> took president obama less than two hours to hit back this afternoon. >> i assume that people meant what they said when they said it....
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they sent out a pair of flip-flops with a quote from president obama followed by the words just kidding. bill burton is the former white house deputy press secretary for president obama. also cnn political contributor and former bush secretary ari fleischer. >> wheth is there any way to paint this other than a big flip-flop on the part of the president's campaign? >> it was a recognition that the rules aren't as he wants them to be but he's going to play by the rules as they exist to make sure that the hundreds of millions of dollars that karl rove, the coke brothers, the oil companies, the private equity guys have pledged doesn't wash over this campaign and things important to us in this election. >> what's the difference between playing by the rules and a change of position and a flip-flop? isn't that the same thing? >> the campaign said that this was a recognition that there's a set of rules that the republicans are going to live by and the president and his campaign are going to live by them too. the president hasn't changed his position on whether or not he thinks that this is a ba
they sent out a pair of flip-flops with a quote from president obama followed by the words just kidding. bill burton is the former white house deputy press secretary for president obama. also cnn political contributor and former bush secretary ari fleischer. >> wheth is there any way to paint this other than a big flip-flop on the part of the president's campaign? >> it was a recognition that the rules aren't as he wants them to be but he's going to play by the rules as they exist...
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tonight, we're seeing proof how far president obama and mitt romney will go to win in november. the latest attack ad from an obama super pac. obama is doubling down on its shots on bain capital. it's saying romney may have played a role in a woman's death. my guest frank rich, you're getting very angry about this as the days have worn on. i heard the dissitancing from t super pac and all this. the bottom line, this ad, and we'll see it in a moment, it basically says to the daz you'll viewer, mitt romney kills this guy's wife. that's what it says. they can flower it up any way they like. that's what they're saying. >> well, yes. and i guess the question it raises, given that there's so many legitimate issues about bain, about romney
tonight, we're seeing proof how far president obama and mitt romney will go to win in november. the latest attack ad from an obama super pac. obama is doubling down on its shots on bain capital. it's saying romney may have played a role in a woman's death. my guest frank rich, you're getting very angry about this as the days have worn on. i heard the dissitancing from t super pac and all this. the bottom line, this ad, and we'll see it in a moment, it basically says to the daz you'll viewer,...
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he has closed a gap with rick santorum by spending millions of dollars in negative advertisement. 80% of ads in restore our future, negative advertisement. the only time he's capturing voters is when he's negative against president obama and -- that's terrible. >> and the republican candidates. >> he's winning by being negative, let's be honest. >> nobody ever ran negative ads against them. >> people are starting to suffer political amnesia and forget what happened in 2008. in the middle of that election, that was quite divisive. hillary clinton attacked barack obama over ties to slumlord tony rezko and said he wasn't ready for a 3:00 phone call and said shame on you and said he was lying about her health care record. that race got tough. here's what democrats said about it. they will keep pounding there and pounding each other and bloodying each other and no one is winning. that's governor fill bled so of tennessee and dodd said back biting and sniping on an hourly basis is undermining our ability to win an election. >> you don't see this chipping away? >> i think you have to take a
he has closed a gap with rick santorum by spending millions of dollars in negative advertisement. 80% of ads in restore our future, negative advertisement. the only time he's capturing voters is when he's negative against president obama and -- that's terrible. >> and the republican candidates. >> he's winning by being negative, let's be honest. >> nobody ever ran negative ads against them. >> people are starting to suffer political amnesia and forget what happened in...
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all i have to say is that if these reckless deficits he's running up, if the uncontrolled spending, if 25 million unemployed or underemployed americans is part of obama's master plan, then maybe rush limbaugh is right. maybe he is trying to destroy america. this is all that's happening under obama. >> no. >> i like to believe he's completely clueless and he doesn't know what to do, and that's what's happened here. >> the vast majority of the unemployment, which is long-term, stem from that recession, which began in 2007 and was intensified the in 2008. i don't see anything that obama has done that has made that worse. if you look, once we got out of that hole, at the end of the bush administration, if you go into 2010, this is after the first year, you'll see there's been growth in jobs. and so the policies can be defended and should be defended. what i can't understand is why obama doesn't defend them in this way? it seems so straightforward. >> ezra klein saying you've actually defended the obama administration better than the administration has defended. >> well, that's very kind of
all i have to say is that if these reckless deficits he's running up, if the uncontrolled spending, if 25 million unemployed or underemployed americans is part of obama's master plan, then maybe rush limbaugh is right. maybe he is trying to destroy america. this is all that's happening under obama. >> no. >> i like to believe he's completely clueless and he doesn't know what to do, and that's what's happened here. >> the vast majority of the unemployment, which is long-term,...
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spending the last few months arguing this. >> there is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to high gas prices. there's no silver bullet. what i have also said about gas prices is there is no silver bullet. there are no short term silver bullets when it comes to gas prices. there are no silver bullets short term when it comes to gas prices. there's no silver bullet for avoiding spikes in gas prices every year. there are no quick fixes or silver bullets. >> in fairness, president obama has not forgotten that line. he used a variation of it today. he's not promising his plan will fix everything. there are economists of all political stripes who don't think it can fix anything. there's not much a president, democrat or republican, can do to fix the prices at the pump. but it doesn't stop them from trying to avoid the political pain of high gas prices by promising quick political cures. here's george w. bush using almost identical language. >> if there were a magic wand to wave, i'd be waving it, of course. i strongly believe it's in our interest that we reduce gas prices. >> like
spending the last few months arguing this. >> there is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to high gas prices. there's no silver bullet. what i have also said about gas prices is there is no silver bullet. there are no short term silver bullets when it comes to gas prices. there are no silver bullets short term when it comes to gas prices. there's no silver bullet for avoiding spikes in gas prices every year. there are no quick fixes or silver bullets. >> in fairness,...
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they're involve primarily because of spending, deficits, government overreach, and obama care. but they are social conservatives. and among self-identified evangelic evangelical, about half identify themes as members or activists. there's a huge amount of overlap. >> and do they tend to be -- with the overlap, do they tend to be moved by the social issues more or the economic issues that romney has been stressing? is that message getting through to the tea party? sound like that's what you were concluding. >> i think for all voters this cycle, including primary voters and evangelicals. if you disaggregate the data, they're voting on obama care and spending just like everybody else. if for example -- i haven't looked at tonight. but if you looked at ohio and michigan, when you ask how many voters were voting on social issues like abortion and how many were voting on the economy, it was about 55% america aecono% abortion. that isn't to indicate these issues aren't important to people. they're very important to people and they've been a booster rocket for santorum. this guy was an
they're involve primarily because of spending, deficits, government overreach, and obama care. but they are social conservatives. and among self-identified evangelic evangelical, about half identify themes as members or activists. there's a huge amount of overlap. >> and do they tend to be -- with the overlap, do they tend to be moved by the social issues more or the economic issues that romney has been stressing? is that message getting through to the tea party? sound like that's what...
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>> obama started his day in new hampshire. mitt romney did the reverse. here's what he said a short time ago at a rally in new hampshire. >> i expect him to report. to come to the american people and say, here are the promises made, and then describe why it was or why it was not he was able to carry out his promise. instead, it was a whole new series promises. he didn't deliver on the last ones. why should we expect him to deliver on these? >> cnn national political correspondent jim acosta is with the romney campaign in new hampshire. jim, you've been with mitt romney nearly all week. he clearly feels that bad jobs report is his ticket to success in november. there are some perils with that. >> that's right. keep in mind, if that jobs report had come out today after what was a fairly successful democratic convention and it said 250,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate had ticked below 8%, this would have been a different campaign day for mitt romney. instead he got what was some pretty good news for his campaign. that unemployment rate only ti
>> obama started his day in new hampshire. mitt romney did the reverse. here's what he said a short time ago at a rally in new hampshire. >> i expect him to report. to come to the american people and say, here are the promises made, and then describe why it was or why it was not he was able to carry out his promise. instead, it was a whole new series promises. he didn't deliver on the last ones. why should we expect him to deliver on these? >> cnn national political...
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the ad describes itling -- as described it links president obama to incendiary comments to jeremiah wright. the same reverend wright whose race related comments made him an issue in the 2008 campaign. john mccain did not try to capitalize on it back then. >> i've made my position very clear on this issue. and that i do not believe that senator obama shares reverend wright's extremist statements or views. >> well, at the time some republicans criticized mccain for not focusing more on the issue. four years later, it's resurrected. ricketts passed on the proposal and the super pac's president said in a statement not only was this a proposal, one of several submitted to the ending spending action fund but it reflects an approach to politics that mr. ricketts rejects and was never a plan to be accepted but only a suggestion for a direction to take. mitt romney disavowed the proposal today. >> i want to make it very clear, i repudiate that effort. i think it's the wrong course for a pac or a campaign. i hope that our campaigns can respectfully be about the future and about issues and about a vi
the ad describes itling -- as described it links president obama to incendiary comments to jeremiah wright. the same reverend wright whose race related comments made him an issue in the 2008 campaign. john mccain did not try to capitalize on it back then. >> i've made my position very clear on this issue. and that i do not believe that senator obama shares reverend wright's extremist statements or views. >> well, at the time some republicans criticized mccain for not focusing more...
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the daily caller bills it as "obama's other race speech," a barely recognizable obama. says lavr ishes praise on reverend wright, claims the government spends too much on suburbs, not enough on "our neighborhoods." earlier, we played the clip about where he praised jeremiah wright. and now the difference of the response of hurricane katrina to hurricane andrew. >> down in new orleans, there is a federal law called the stafford act. the local government has to give a match. here is the thing. when 9/11 happened in new york city, they waved the stafford act. forget that dollar you have to put in. here is $10. and that was the right thing to do when hurricane andrew struck in florida, they said look at this devastation, don't expect you to put that money in. what's happening in new orleans? where is your dollar, where is your stafford act money? makes no sense. tells me the but let hasn't been taken out. tells me that somehow the people in new orleans, they don't care about as much. >> president obama, that was five years ago. decide for yourself whether this shows a side
the daily caller bills it as "obama's other race speech," a barely recognizable obama. says lavr ishes praise on reverend wright, claims the government spends too much on suburbs, not enough on "our neighborhoods." earlier, we played the clip about where he praised jeremiah wright. and now the difference of the response of hurricane katrina to hurricane andrew. >> down in new orleans, there is a federal law called the stafford act. the local government has to give a...
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former president ronald reagan during his second term cut defense spending by about 10%. the cold war was winding down. those cuts continued under former president george h.w. buab
former president ronald reagan during his second term cut defense spending by about 10%. the cold war was winding down. those cuts continued under former president george h.w. buab
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you're running his campaign, you have to believe now that you have to spend some money in wisconsin. to protect yourself. that i think paul begala was right. if the president had gone in and been loyal to labor, i think labor would be more loyal to him. whether he can count on them under these circumstances i'm not sure. >> as we await for governor walker at the event, reince priebus who at the moment is the charge of the republican committee, he has to be very happy tonight. does he believe what happened tonight translates into november? i'm sure it's personal to him, that he would love to be the republican chairman who put his state back in the republican column for first time since 1984. >> i asked him that -- excuse me, that very question just a few minutes ago when he was here. of course the answer was yes. he does believe that this is -- this puts republicans back in play in his home state of wisconsin. if nothing else, as we talked about earlier, because of infrastructure. the fact of the matter is that republicans because of this recall have built a pretty impressive infrastr
you're running his campaign, you have to believe now that you have to spend some money in wisconsin. to protect yourself. that i think paul begala was right. if the president had gone in and been loyal to labor, i think labor would be more loyal to him. whether he can count on them under these circumstances i'm not sure. >> as we await for governor walker at the event, reince priebus who at the moment is the charge of the republican committee, he has to be very happy tonight. does he...
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right now they're seeing lot of the democratic supporters of president obama seem to be being a little bit cocky and suggesting that ryan selection opens up the door for them to good ahead to hammer away at mitt romney on some of these popular social spending issues. at the same time, i will say this. that the benefit of paul ryan is he is very intelligent, he is a good debate. >> and he will energize that republican base out there, especially those who have some doubts about mitt romney, how really -- was he really an effective conservative. and this is really going to bring out the vote. i think it's going to be a positive on that sense from the republican perspective. >> so we got the whole policy side here, as wolf has just laid out. but i'd like to bring gloria borger back in now. because there is also the uglier stuff, right? who is he, what has he done, what is in his closet, that kind of thing. the vetting process for the vice presidential post is huge, right? gloria, what would he have been through before this candidacy would even be considered? >> well, you know, paul ryan ha
right now they're seeing lot of the democratic supporters of president obama seem to be being a little bit cocky and suggesting that ryan selection opens up the door for them to good ahead to hammer away at mitt romney on some of these popular social spending issues. at the same time, i will say this. that the benefit of paul ryan is he is very intelligent, he is a good debate. >> and he will energize that republican base out there, especially those who have some doubts about mitt romney,...
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a lot of the night agreeing with president obama. >> with regards to iraq, you and i agreed, i believe, that there should have been a status of forces agreement and i concurred in that and said we should have some number of troops. that was something i concurred with. >> i believe as the president indicated, and said at the time, that i supported his action there. >> i want to underscore the same point the president made. >> i couldn't agree more about going forward but i certainly don't want to go back to the policies of the last four years. >> well, there was one of those agreements, in particular, about withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan that got our attention. watch. >> well, we're going to be finished by 2014 and when i'm president, we'll make sure we bring our troops out by the end of 2014. >> keeping them honest, when governor romney was entering the presidential race in june of 2011, he was saying just the opposite. in fact, slamming president obama's timetable for leaving afghanistan. listen. >> announcing a withdrawal date, that was wrong. the taliban may not have watch
a lot of the night agreeing with president obama. >> with regards to iraq, you and i agreed, i believe, that there should have been a status of forces agreement and i concurred in that and said we should have some number of troops. that was something i concurred with. >> i believe as the president indicated, and said at the time, that i supported his action there. >> i want to underscore the same point the president made. >> i couldn't agree more about going forward but...
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issue of the day, how to reform spending and reduce debt, he keeps -- words are win. making promises, saying things and his actions go 180 degrees against it. the entire presidency, it seems, is about maneuvering and tactical positions to protect his brand. >> briefly, do you think now that the president, though, is going to send out people to speak at the super pac events and the like and that's going to make a huge difference in terms of the fund-raising? >> i think it remains to be seen how big of an impact it will have. just to correct you, ari, it's president obama. as for the pract icical results what this will mean, i think it will take a little time to see. i don't think in the next couple days we'll see a huge spike, but i think over the long term, we'll see how much folks -- how much folks are really willing to get involved with donors and folks in the community decide that this is an important part of making sure the president is re-elected. >> appreciate your time. let us know what you think on facebook, google plus, i'll be tweeting tonight. >>> up next,
issue of the day, how to reform spending and reduce debt, he keeps -- words are win. making promises, saying things and his actions go 180 degrees against it. the entire presidency, it seems, is about maneuvering and tactical positions to protect his brand. >> briefly, do you think now that the president, though, is going to send out people to speak at the super pac events and the like and that's going to make a huge difference in terms of the fund-raising? >> i think it remains to...
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whereas ryan wants to cut taxes and increase defense spending and not tackling medicare right now, but only tackling medicare in 20 years' time, and they won't balance the budget for 28 years according to the cbo, so obama needs to own tackling the debt, and he needs to say, we're going the have to make a call by the end of the year, because we have the tax sequestration, and bush tax cuts expiring. >> and why did he vote simpson/bowles? >> well, it was that you would have to get unanimity on both sides. paul ryan stopped that because he was opposed to any tax revenue. and. >> and paul ryan would say, yes, i opposed it and i came up with my own plan and president obama did not. >> yes, he did. it is in the budget, and it is all there and he has a long term plan but part of it is the cost control curve plans in obama care which they will get rid of. so they will get rid of romney and ryan. and the actual cost control mechanisms in the aca, and that's going to make cost controls go up. i see all of this. i see cutting taxes, increasing defense spending, and go the war in iran and it feel
whereas ryan wants to cut taxes and increase defense spending and not tackling medicare right now, but only tackling medicare in 20 years' time, and they won't balance the budget for 28 years according to the cbo, so obama needs to own tackling the debt, and he needs to say, we're going the have to make a call by the end of the year, because we have the tax sequestration, and bush tax cuts expiring. >> and why did he vote simpson/bowles? >> well, it was that you would have to get...